Tiburon Toscani V6 and horsepower

[Bubba Shrimp]

I have a 2004 V6 with 6 sp manual tranny.
170 hp seems low. Short of Nitrous, does anyone know what I can do to boost the HP? Yours, Bubba Shrimp

 

[Dances With Crows]

I have a 2004 V6 [Tiburon] with 6 sp manual tranny. 170 hp seems low.

Relative to a muscle car, sure. Relative to most things on the road, no. If you're anywhere north of southern Illinois, though, the power will be useless until March/April since there's a lot of snow on the roads. (Drive aggressively on snow+ice = go in the ditch or go meet Mr.
Darwin.)

Short of Nitrous, does anyone know what I can do to boost the HP?

N2O is methamphetamine for engines. Don't use it unless you want the engine to fall apart much sooner than it would've otherwise. The first thing to do on any car to increase power is to open up the intake and open up the exhaust. A K&N filter, a cold-air intake, and replacing the exhaust from the catalytic converter back will cost less than $700 and will provide some extra power. Opinions vary as to *how* much extra power you'll get. 10-30 HP is the typical range mentioned.

If you think you need more than that, things start getting expensive. There's no turbo kit for the V6 engine (I think, it's been a while since I checked) and the Alpine supercharger for this engine costs $4000. Yikes. There's a much more Tiburon-focused group over at http://newtiburon.com/ , and you can find some useful information there, but its interface sucks. HTH,

 

[hyundaitech]

I'd hesitate to make any performance modifications just because Hyundai is likely to not want to repair under warranty any engine/trans problems once the engine has been modified to make more power.

 

[Jason (archive)]

I have a 2004 V6 with 6 sp manual tranny.
170 hp seems low. Short of Nitrous, does anyone know what I can do to boost the HP? Yours, Bubba Shrimp

Start with a new intake and cat-back. If you're still looking for more then you might try a new intake manifold, headers, cams, or fuel tuner from NextGen. If you're looking for something to add a bunch of power fast then take a look at the Supercharger kit from Alpine.